Short Paragraph – Personal Reflection: Before reading the selection from Plato write at least one full paragraph on this question: Why do you think Plato (or anyone else) would want to censor Hesiod? Remember that Hesiod was the poet who wrote about the fight between the gods and the titans.
It also could be that Plato thinks Hesiod is mis-representing the gods in some horrible way.
What are Homer and Hesiod guilty of?
Mis-representing the nature of gods
What are the two main characteristics of “god” and what are the laws/principles of story telling based on those characteristics?
God is the cause of all things good
Compare what you wrote in your personal reflection above (#1) with what Plato wrote. How close were you to what Plato wrote?
Correct on how Plato wanted Hesiod and Homer censored.
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